Georges Granal

Georges Granal sings Sigurd: Prince du Rhin
In RA format

Georges Granal was born on 22 February 1881 in Béziers, where he also went to school. He was a travelling salesman before becoming a tenor. His first wife Joséphine died in December 1918 at just 33 years old (perhaps a Spanish flu victim?).

Beyond the below chronology (which is by far the most complete so far available anywhere), he sang also on the radio in the late 1920s.

About his death, nobody has been able to find any information.

Chronology minimum
1910
PARIS, OPÉRA
Sigurd (debut) 

1913
PARIS, OPÉRA 
Les huguenots
Aida
Samson et Dalila 

1914
PARIS, OPÉRA
Samson et Dalila: Charny, Granal, Noté, Journet 
Rigoletto 

1920-21
BORDEAUX
Season 

1921-22
ROUEN
La favorite 
Il trovatore 

1922-23
RENNES 
14 October Manon 

VERVIERS 
24 November Les huguenots: Storga, Villiers, Granal, Mézy, Aumonier 
07 December Les huguenots: Storga, Villiers, Granal, Mézy, Paty 
21 December La favorite: Andriani, Granal, Mézy, Sylvain 
01 January La favorite: Darney, Mézy, Granal, Sylvain 
11 January Les huguenots: Storga, Villiers, Granal, Mézy, Paty 

ROUEN 
La favorite 

April 1923
BÉZIERS
La Juive
Les huguenots
Il trovatore
La favorite

August 1923
URIAGE-LES-BAINS
Tosca

1923-24
AVIGNON
Season as guest 

RENNES
31 October L'Africaine 
01 November L'Africaine 

Easter 1924
GRENOBLE
Touring company

July to September 1924
PARIS, OPÉRA
Faust
La damnation de Faust
Lohengrin
Aida
Sigurd
Samson et Dalila
Hérodiade

1924-25
ROUEN
La Juive 
L'Africaine 

1925
PARIS, OPÉRA
Boris Godunov (Grigorij)

1925-1926 
TOURCOING 
Faust 
La favorite 

Easter 1926
VERVIERS
Les huguenots: Bladel, de Cary, Granal, Closset, Grommen 

1928-29
MARSEILLE 
28 October Les huguenots: Caylus, Stach, Granal, Redon, Tomatis 
01 November Les huguenots: Caylus, Desroys, Granal, Redon, Tomatis 
12 November Les huguenots: Bladel, ?, Granal, Redon, Tomatis 

ANGERS
07 February Hérodiade: Tirard, Montfort, Granal, de Lay 

1929-30
TOULOUSE
Season
Discography
Gramophone, Paris, 30 September 1909
01288½v	Les huguenots (Meyerbeer): Plus blanche				032127
01289v	Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Asile héréditaire 	         	032128

Gramophone, Paris, 5 March 1910
01345v	Aida (Verdi): Ô céleste Aïda 					032133
15536u	Aida (Verdi): Ne crois pas qu'on m'entende			34229
	with Suzanne Brohly
15537u	Aida (Verdi): Ne parle pas d'elle 				34230
	with Suzanne Brohly

Gramophone, Paris, 23 March 1910
01371v	La Juive (Halévy): Va prononcer ma mort 			032141
15555u	La Juive (Halévy): Dieu m'éclaire 				4-32018

Gramophone, Paris, 29 March 1910
01382v	La Juive (Halévy): Dieu que ma voix tremblante			032142

Gramophone, Paris, 18 May 1910
15808u	Sigurd (Reyer): Maître que m'ont donné les dieux 		34236
	with Jane Lindsay
01490v	Sigurd (Reyer): Des présents de Gunther 		        034061
	with Jane Lindsay
01365v	Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns): Vois ma misère, hélas 		032139

Gramophone, Paris, 20 May 1910
15809u	La muette de Portici (Auber): Amour sacré de la patrie 		34237
	with Henri Sylvain

Gramophone, Paris, 24 May 1910
15817u	Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns): Arrêtez, ô mes frères 		4-32082

Gramophone, Paris, 25 May 1910
01504v	Sigurd (Reyer): Prince du Rhin					032146

Gramophone, Paris, 14 June 1910
15864u	Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns): Israël, romps ta chaîne 	4-32084
01548v	Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns): Je viens célébrer la victoire 	034086
	with Armand Narçon, Suzanne Brohly

Gramophone, Paris, 17 June 1910
01559v	Aida (Verdi): Adieu, séjour de deuil, pt. 2			034082
	with Odette Carlyle
01560v	Aida (Verdi): Adieu, séjour de deuil, pt. 1			034069
	with Odette Carlyle

Gramophone, Paris, 25 July 1910
15910u	Sigurd (Reyer): Un souvenir poignant 				4-32092
01660v	La Juive (Halévy): Rachel, quand du seigneur			032169
I wish to thank Georges Cardol for the chronology and the recording.

Additional sources for the biography and chronology:
- Geneanet
- Art Lyrique Français
- L'Éclair, 17 December 1918 & 3 March 1923
- Le Petit Dauphinois, 17 August 1923
- Le Progrès de la Côte-d'Or, 8 March 1928
- La Vie Montpelliéraine, 22 March 1924

Picture source: Ebay


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